POL 303 Week 5 Final Paper

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• POL 303 Week 5 Final Paper
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• Focus of the Research Paper
• In this essay you will research a case that is
  actively pending before the Supreme Court of the
  United States (not yet decided by the Court when
  you submit your essay at the end of Week Five).
  It must be a case that raises significant issues
  involving the interpretation of the Constitution.
  The thesis of your essay will be a statement of
  the decision, regarding these issues, which the
  Court should make, according to your research and
  analysis of the constitutional principles, Court
  precedents, facts of the case, and other relevant
  information.
• Step One Identify a Pending Case
• First, you must identify a pending constitutional
  case that you will research. Here are some
  suggested search strategies
• Go to http//www.oyez.org and click on Cases
  (at the top-center) to display a list of cases
  before the Court during its current term. It will
  show the date on which the case was or is
  scheduled to be argued before the Court. Only
  consider cases that have not yet been argued or
  were argued very recently so the Court is
  unlikely to issue its decision before you submit
  your essay. Click on the name of a case in this
  list to display the legal questions in each
  case. Look for questions that pose
  constitutional issues and from these select a
  case that presents issues that you would want to
  research.
• Go to http//www.scotusblog.com/ and click on
  Merits Cases (at the top-left side) to display
  a list of recent terms and select the most recent
  term (e.g., October Term 2012). That displays a
  list of cases before the Court during its current
  term. It will show the date on which the case was
  or is scheduled to be argued before the Court.
  Only consider cases that have not yet been argued
  or were argued very recently so the Court is
  unlikely to issue its decision before you submit
  your essay. This list also summarizes the issues
  in each case so that you can identify those with
  constitutional issues. Click on the name of a
  case to view more information about it, including
  links to various resources which may directly
  support your research.Google the phrase pending
  cases before the US supreme court. Explore the
  links that Google offers. If you discover a
  constitutional case that you want to research,
  use Oyez or SCOTUSBlog (above) to verify that the
  case will still be pending when you submit your
  essay in Week Five.
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• Step Two Instructor Approval
• Next, your instructor may want you to identify
  your case, the date it will be (or was) argued,
  and the constitutional issues posed. Follow your
  instructors directions in this regard. Or, be
  proactive and forward your case information in
  Week One or Week Two.
• Step Three Begin Your Research
• Now, you should be ready to research your case
  (remember the valuable resources that may be
  available in SCOTUSBlog). Start by reviewing the
  relevant chapter(s) in the textbook. Also, do
  some serious searching for scholarly articles in
  the Ashford Online Library.
• Step Four Begin Writing Your Paper
• Your paper must clearly state your position on
  the constitutional issues posed in the case. Your
  paper should not address broader questions about
  the merits of the case or your personal opinions
  about extraneous matters but it should focus on
  whether or not the state or federal rules,
  regulations, or laws at issue would violate a
  specific provision(s) of the Constitution.
• You must clearly explain and logically apply a
  plausible interpretation of the constitutional
  provision(s) and justify your position using
  rationales from other relevant and identified
  Supreme Court decisions. Make clear whether you
  are relying on rationales used by the Courts
  majority view or by a dissenting view and if you
  rely on a dissent, your analysis should
  persuasively justify why this rationale should
  displace the prevailing majority rationale.
• Where appropriate, you may also incorporate
  support from scholarship in the disciplines of
  history, social science, biology, ethics,
  criminal justice studies, and public policy but,
  such perspectives may be introduced only as they
  are directly relevant to interpreting the
  constitutional provision(s) at issue in the
  case. 
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